MPD: Dad arrested for DWI with child

Published 6:31 pm, Monday, February 25, 2013

A Midland man was arrested Saturday for allegedly driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle, according to his arrest affidavit.

Ming Hlun, 30, is being held on a $25,000 bond for a state felony charge of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 present.

A police officer initially responded to an assault involving Hlun at 1:51 p.m. Saturday in the 4300 block of Neely Avenue. The officer located Hlun’s vehicle and followed him to his apartment complex, according to the arrest report.

At the complex, the officer saw Hlun and his wife get out of the vehicle and retrieve a child — who the officer later discovered is 5 months old — from the back seat. When the officer smelled alcohol on Hlun’s breath, he conducted a field sobriety test and said Hlun failed it, according to the report.

The officer contacted Hlun’s mother-in-law, who said he had been drinking beer all day. If convicted, Hlun could face up to two years in prison.